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2018-11-12

tabling member constituency

East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow

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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of
31 October 2018 to Question 182850 on Mental Illness: Parents, whether his Department
has made an assessment of the potential merits of collecting (a) such information
and (b) information on the effect of such circumstances on the welfare of the children
of such patients.

<p>The Government has not undertaken an assessment of the potential benefits of routinely
collecting data about the parental responsibilities of anyone diagnosed with a mental
health condition.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government does recognise that parental
mental health problems can have an impact on the wellbeing of children within the
family and statutory guidance published in July 2018: ‘Working Together to Safeguard
Children’ acknowledges that children may be at greater risk of harm or need additional
help in families where adults have mental health problems. The guidance is available
at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/729914/Working_Together_to_Safeguard_Children-2018.pdf"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/729914/Working_Together_to_Safeguard_Children-2018.pdf</a></p><p>
</p><p>The guidance makes clear that anyone who has any concerns about a child’s welfare
should make a referral to local authority children’s social services. The guidance
also makes clear that health practitioners should provide and co-ordinate any specific
information regarding family health, including any mental health problems, to support
the protection of children.</p>

<p>The Government’s vision document, ‘Prevention is better than cure’, sets out our
ambition to put prevention at the heart of health and social care in England. This
includes both physical and mental health. However, there are already a number of measures
in place or being planned to prevent the onset of mental health difficulties, and
to support recovery for those who have experienced such difficulties, including introducing
an access target for the service called 'Early Intervention in Psychosis' to help
people recover after their first psychotic episode and prevent the condition from
worsening in the future, and the range commitments outlined in the Children and Young
People’s Mental Health Green Paper.</p><p> </p><p>We will be publishing a Green Paper
in 2019 which will set out our further plans on prevention in greater detail.</p>

<p>The details that HM Revenue and Customs collects from taxpayers on their VAT returns
are not specific enough to provide an estimate of VAT on audiobooks.</p><p> </p><p>To
minimise the administrative burden on businesses, they are only required to report
the total VAT on all their taxable supplies of goods and services in the relevant
period. It is therefore not possible to identify the types of supplies on which the
VAT was charged.</p>

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications
for his policies of the IMF estimate that the closure of the East Kilbride HMRC centre
will result in a loss of up to £30 million to the East Kilbride economy and more than
2,000 jobs.

<p>HMRC expects the vast majority of staff in East Kilbride to move with HMRC to the
Glasgow Regional Centre when the transitional site, at Queensway House, closes in
2025-26 as referenced in UIN <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-10-18/181245/"
target="_blank">181245</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has not undertaken an economic impact
assessment of the closure of its office in East Kilbride, as it is an operational
decision to move to regional centres in order to improve the efficiency and delivery
of HMRC’s objectives. It expects the economic impact on East Kilbride to be limited
as the majority of staff will still be employed by HMRC, in Glasgow, but will remain
resident in or near East Kilbride.</p>

<p>The Government believes that political parties have the prime responsibility for
supporting their disabled candidates. We are undertaking a programme of work to help
political parties to better support disabled candidates. As part of this my officials
have met with political parties and disability organisations and continue this engagement.</p><p>
</p><p>The Access to Elected Office Fund has been closed since 2015. We have launched
the EnAble Fund for Elected Office, which is a £250,000 commitment to support disabled
candidates, primarily for the forthcoming local elections in May. The fund will help
cover disability-related expenses people might face when seeking elected office.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent
progress his Department has made on ensuring that the UK meets its target of spending
2.4 per cent of GDP on R&D by 2027.

<p>Through our modern Industrial Strategy we have committed to the highest R&amp;D
increase on record. We have announced increases in public R&amp;D spending worth £7bn
up to 2021/2022, and we are working with UK Research and Innovation and other key
partners to develop a roadmap that sets out how government and industry will work
together to reach our target of increasing R&amp;D investment to 2.4% of GDP by 2027,
which would be the highest recorded level, and 3% in the longer-term. The roadmap
will be published following the Spending Review, which my rt. hon. Friend Mr Chancellor
of the Exchequer has announced will conclude this Autumn.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps
his Department is taking to ensure that second-hand electrical products sold online
meet the relevant safety standards.

<p>Under the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016 any distributor, including
those selling second-hand goods online, must act with due care to ensure that electrical
products are safe.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the challenge in applying
and enforcing legislation to online sales, where consumers can import goods directly
from outside the UK. The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) was set up,
in part, to meet the evolving challenges of product safety by responding to the increasing
rate of product innovation, the growth in online shopping and expanding international
trade.</p><p> </p><p>OPSS is gathering evidence on the online sales of second-hand
electrical goods and the prevalence of these sales. It will use this information to
provide advice to consumers and to sellers of goods about their responsibilities when
selling or buying second-hand electrical goods online.</p>

<p>The Government is committed to working with the business community to create more
inclusive and diverse workplaces. The Government commissioned and supports several
business-led independent reviews, such as:</p><ul><li>The Hampton-Alexander Review
to increase the representation of women on boards and senior leadership positions
in FTSE 350 companies to 33% by 2020; and</li><li>The Parker Review to increase the
ethnic diversity of FTSE 350 boards by 2024.</li></ul><p>These reviews form part of
the Government’s modern Industrial Strategy which aims to build an economy that works
for all.</p><p>The representation of women on FTSE 100 boards has increased from 12.5%
in 2011 to 30.9% in March 2019 and among executive directors has doubled from 5.5%
to 10.2% in in the same period.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether
the UK plans to maintain current restrictions on the marketing of imported cosmetics
that rely on animal testing safety data in future bilateral trade agreements.

<p>The Government has no plans to reduce current restrictions on the marketing of
imported cosmetics that rely on animal testing safety data. We are committed to maintaining
our existing high levels of product safety and consumer protection.</p>

<p>Under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement, UK entities' right to participate
in EU programmes during the current Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), including
Erasmus+, will be unaffected by the UK's withdrawal from the EU for the lifetime of
projects financed by the current MFF.</p><p>Following ratification of the Withdrawal
Agreement, UK universities and students participating in the current Erasmus+ programme
will be able to continue to bid for funding, participate in and lead consortia, until
programme closure in 2020.</p>